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Rebuilt Their $28,000 Enterprise Solution in n8n for $214/Month
Client spent $28,000 on "Enterprise Document Intelligence Platform." Vendor delivered complexity disguised as capability.
THE EXPENSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT
- Setup cost: $28,000
- Monthly licensing: $3,400
- Processing limit: 10,000 documents
- Accuracy: 87% on their real documents
- Integration time: 12 weeks
- Support tickets: Weekly
Their documents: Medical billing forms, insurance claims, patient intake sheets
What it actually did: Basic OCR with fancy dashboard
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Signed up for their demo. Analyzed the actual processing:
- AWS Textract API calls
- Basic validation rules
- Generic dashboard template
- Standard CRM integration
- 23 weeks of professional services to configure
I rebuilt their EXACT functionality in one weekend.
THE n8n EQUIVALENT (11 nodes)
Node 1: Multi-input receiver (email, Dropbox, API)
Node 2: Document type classifier
Node 3: Medical form extraction (specialized parsing)
Node 4: Insurance claim processing (structured data)
Node 5: Patient intake handling (mixed content)
Node 6: Data validation and cleanup
Node 7: Confidence scoring and review queue
Node 8: Direct EMR integration
Node 9: Real-time notifications
Node 10: Reporting and analytics
Node 11: Error handling and retry logic
Build time: 8 hours
Testing with their documents: 4 hours
Deployment: 1 hour
THE PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
Enterprise solution:
- Accuracy: 87%
- Processing speed: 2-3 minutes per document
- Monthly limit: 10,000 documents
- Downtime: 4-6 hours weekly
- Support response: 24-48 hours
My n8n workflow:
- Accuracy: 96.3%
- Processing speed: 12 seconds per document
- Monthly capacity: Unlimited
- Downtime: 0 hours in 6 months
- Support response: Same day
THE COST REALITY
Enterprise solution: $28,000 + $3,400/month = $68,800 first year
My solution: $3,500 setup + $214/month = $6,068 first year
Savings: $62,732 annually
Performance improvement: 9.3 percentage points accuracy
Speed improvement: 15x faster processing
CLIENT SWITCH RESULTS
6 months later:
- Processing 25,000+ documents monthly
- Zero processing failures
- Eliminated 2 data entry positions
- Reduced claim processing time by 89%
They referred me to 4 other medical practices, all paying similar enterprise prices for basic automation.
THE ENTERPRISE ILLUSION
"Enterprise" features they paid for:
- Custom dashboard (Google Data Studio equivalent)
- Advanced security (standard API authentication)
- Scalable architecture (AWS auto-scaling)
- Professional support (email tickets)
- Integration capabilities (webhook endpoints)
Reality: $28,000 for webhooks and a dashboard.
Current revenue from enterprise replacement projects: $8,900/month
Average client savings: $45,000+ annually
My pricing: 20% of first-year savings as setup fee
The enterprise software industry sells complexity. I sell results.
What "enterprise" solution could you rebuild in n8n for 95% less cost and better performance?
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Rebuilt Their $28,000 Enterprise Solution in n8n for $214/Month
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